Classic Trolls
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Doghouse-6 — 9 years ago(January 24, 2017 03:55 PM)
"Miss Harrington had much to tell - and these columns shall report her faithfully - about the lamentable practice in our theatre of permitting mature actresses to continue playing roles requiring a youth and vigor of which they retain but a dim memory, about the understandable reluctance of our entrenched first ladies of the stage to encourage, shall we say, younger actresses and Miss Harrington's unsupported struggle for opportunity."
- Addison DeWitt trolling Margo Channing in his column.
Poe! You areavenged!
- Addison DeWitt trolling Margo Channing in his column.
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telegonus — 9 years ago(January 26, 2017 10:00 PM)
Good one. Or maybe not so good, depending on one's taste in comedians.
I think Sterling Holloway might qualify.
Jack Carson was a rather trollish presence before he signed on with Warners and went "legit", so to speak, and even then he could be trollish, as in
Arsenic And Old Lace
.
Comedian Eddie Collins, whose time at the feast was brief, was a troll-type comedic player for about three years at 20th Century-Fox.
Tim Carey rather mugs and trolls his way through all the films in which he appears.
Harpo was the troll of the Marx Brothers, who were arguably all trolls anyway, with Harpo the standout.
Benign trolls: Andy Devine, John Qualen, Edna May Oliver, Mildred Natwick, "Scotty" in
The Thing From Another World
, Paul Kelly's "boyfriend" character in
Crossfire
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telegonus — 9 years ago(January 29, 2017 12:52 AM)
Una, for sure.
Dwight Frye, goes without saying. He could troll without uttering a line of dialogue. Just his presence was trollish.
How's about the dynamic duo of Martin Kosleck and Reggie Nalder?
No brainer: Skelton Knaggs. -
koskiewicz — 9 years ago(January 30, 2017 08:38 AM)
a few more:
Tor Johnson
Rondo Hatton
Hugh Griffith
John Fiedler
Robert Emhardt
Jack Elam
John Chandler
Timothy Carey
Wilfred Brambell
Richard Bakalyan
Leon Askin
Robert Strauss
Henry Silva
Vincent Schiavelli
Klaus Kinski
Richard Kiel
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telegonus — 9 years ago(February 03, 2017 08:47 PM)
Yup. Same, Deluge
.
I was thinking of you, among many others with whom I shared the good times with here, shall send you a new e-mail (I don't want to use my old ones, for obvious reasons), which I'm going to use for all my IMDB friends. It's been grand. -
Deluge69-663-991830 — 9 years ago(February 03, 2017 11:02 PM)
telegonus -
Sounds great. Would like to keep in touch. Been busting butt on the script. Has many of our favorite influences. Feeling highly inspired. Our discussions helped ignite some intriguing plots and ideas. We did much brainstorming which boosted my writing.
Our extensive THRILLER Thread could have been edited into a book. We covered all the grounds.
I'd like to send you my E-Mail.
Youtube has episodes of CAINS HUNDRED, always a curiosity. No NAKED CITY, but the one I watched had a great performance from Ed Begley that fully carried it.
Grand, indeed.